Two Happy Fish

by M Spadecaller

Title

Two Happy Fish

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M Spadecaller

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Mixed Media - Digital Art

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Spirited fish in flora-filled water became a celebrated theme for Chinese painters when the cultivation of rare fish came into vogue in the twelfth century.
The popularity of fish originated from the Daoist book Zhuangzi, in which the philosophers debated whether one could know the happiness of fish without being a fish. The story goes like this:
When Zhuangzi and Huizi were crossing the Hao River by the dam, Zhuangzi said, "See how free the fishes leap and dart: that is their happiness."
Huizi replied, "Because you are not a fish, how do you know what makes fishes happy?"
Zhuangzi answered, "Since you are not I, how can you possibly know that I do not know what makes fishes happy?"
Huizi contended, "If I, not being you, cannot know what you know, it follows that you, not being a fish, cannot know what they know. The argument is complete!"
Zhuangzi said, "Wait a minute! What you asked me first was 'How do I know what makes fishes happy?' From the nature of your question, you evidently know I know what makes fishes happy. While traveling along the river bank I discovered the answer:
"I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river."
"Two Happy Fish," is a digital painting.

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February 22nd, 2019

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